George Nicholas McLean (born May 29, 1941) is an American cinematographer.
Early life McLean was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of George McLean and Dorothy Jane (née Scott), and raised in the San Fernando Valley. His family was highly involved in the entertainment industry. His uncle was an actor and his step-father, Fred Jackman, Jr. was a cinematographer and the son of the second president of the American Society of Cinematographers.
McLean attended North Hollywood High School, and earned a football scholarship to the University of Southern California.
Career After graduating, McLean opened a pool hall and a body and fender shop in Van Nuys, California. After this, Jackman introduced McLean to the camera department at Columbia Pictures. He started working as a clapper boy in 1966 for the television series The Iron Horse. In 1969, McLean became a second assistant cameraman at Universal Studios, working on many shows, before providing aerial cinematography for the film Red Sky at Morning.
While working as a cameraman on the film Sharky's Machine, McLean was approached by Burt Reynolds, who directed the film; Reynolds offered him a job as the cinematographer for his film Stroker Ace, which McLean accepted. As another favor, Reynolds offered for McLean to shoot the sitcom Evening Shade. From that point onwards, McLean worked on various film and television projects, as camera operator and director of photography.
In 2002, McLean received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in a Multicamera Series for his work on Friends.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 1979 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Tommy Chong With King Baggot 1982 Stroker Ace Hal Needham Also made an uncredited cameo as "Walter"1983 Staying Alive Sylvester Stallone Interview Nick McLean, Sr. Cannonball Run II Hal Needham 1984 City Heat Richard Benjamin1985 Stick Burt Reynolds Twice in a Lifetime Bud Yorkin 1985 The Goonies Richard Donner Also made a cameo as "Mouth's Father" 1986 Short Circuit John Badham 1987 Spaceballs Mel Brooks 1988 Mac and Me Stewart Raffill 1995 The Maddening Danny Huston 1999 The Last Producer Burt Reynolds
Television Year Title Director Notes1988-1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Aaron LipstadtSteve Miner Segments "The Pretenders" and "B-Men" B.L. Stryker 11 episodes;Also directed episode "High Rise" 1990 Elvis Steve Miner Episode "Moody's Blues" 1990-1993 Evening Shade All 99 episodes 1992 Hearts Afire Harry Thomason Episode "Bees Can Sting You, Watch Out" (Part 1 & 2) 1995-1996 The Home Court All 20 episodes 1995-1999 Cybill 74 episodes 1998-1999 Veronica's Closet 42 episodes 2000-2004 Friends 99 episodes 2000 Cursed 7 episodes 2002-2003 Life with Bonnie Bonnie HuntJohn Bowab 21 episodes 2004-2005 Listen Up 5 episodes 2004 Life on a Stick Andy AckermanRichard Owen Ransom Episode "Pilot" 2005 Hot Properties Jeff Melman 5 episodes 2004-2006 Joey 35 episodes 2006 'Til Death Ted Wass Episode "Sex for Furniture"
TV movies Year Title Director 1991 Maverick Square Steve Miner1993 Harlan & MerleenBurt Reynolds The Man from Left Field
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External links
http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/mclean.htm http://motion.kodak.com/motion/uploadedFiles/joey.pdf